Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that Nigeria is becoming a Banana Republic.

The governor said this on Tuesday when he visited the scene of the recent killing of residents by unknown gunmen in parts of the North-Central state.

He said: “We are becoming a Banana Republic, if we have a President who gave the security agencies order to shoot at sight, whosoever is having AK-47 and the Minister of Defence came out to say that they cannot shoot at sight… so who is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces?”

The governor went on to say that President General Muhammadu Buhari is working for the Fulani ethnic saying that “His body language is what is being played out. The body language, the action, and inaction of Mr. President shows that he is only the President of Fulani people; I have known this.

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He also lamented: “What is happening now, to me, is very clear; Mr. President is just working for these Fulanis to take over the whole country.

“Mr President must rise up, he is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and over the 250 nationalities that are in this country; Mr. President is their President, we all voted him.

“He has taken the oath of office to secure the country and provide security for lives and property; this is unacceptable, this cannot continue,” the governor stated.